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How to Make Hair Bows for Little Girls

How to Make Ribbon Hair Bows for Little Girls
You really can learn how to make hair bows for little girls. It's not as difficult or daunting as you may think. Here you'll find hair bow directions for making a basic bow, an instructional videos for making hair bows for little girls, a sign up form to receive a free video bow making lesson, and a link to my favorite complete how to make hair bows for little girls DVD course.
I have two daughters, so I really wanted to learn how to make hair bows out of ribbon, especially the boutique style bows. Girls hair bows are adorable and popular, but also expensive, so why not start making ribbon hair bows like I did? Once you learn how to make hair bows for little girls, you can make them for your daughters, give as gifts, or even make them to sell.
Free Hair Bow Instructions - Learn how to make hair bows for girls

You can start making a basic loop ribbon hair bow today. You will need a good, heavy ribbon, alligator clip, and needle and thread.
Here are the steps to making a basic hair bow.
1. Get your ribbon and make a loop. This first loop is your bottom loop and your largest loop, so should be the size that you want your bow to be. If you want your bow to have tails, then be sure to leave one tail here.
2. At the base of your loop, hold the ribbon tight and twist once.
3. Make another loop and twist again.
4. Keep making loops and twisting until your bow is as full as you want (most bows have 3 to 4 loops on each side). You can also experiment with making the loops smaller as you come towards the middle (like the hair bow pictured above) or making them all about the same size.
5. With your needle and thread, stitch the center of the bow to hold it tight. You can make a decorative knot and stitch it to the center too. Now hand sew the bow to your alligator clip.
Free How to Make Hair Bows for Little Girls
If you want to learn how to make hair bows for little girls, then you can get started with this free lesson in how to ribbon hair bows.
I knew how to make a basic hair bow, the kind that are full and have three loops on each side, because I worked at a florist for my mom as a teenager. At the florist we had to make big, full bows for flower arrangements, wedding decorations, and funeral arrangements. When I first had my baby girl I thought I'd be able to make all of her hair bows. It wasn't until I became a mom that I really started to pay attention to how other moms were dressing their little girls. Sure, the basic bows were ok, but most moms were decking their daughters out with these big beautiful fancy hair bows. They are way too pricey for me to purchase boutique hair bows for my two daughters to match their outfits. So, I decided to learn how to make hair bows for little girls. If I could make ribbon hair bows, I would never have the expense of buying those gorgeous hair bows I so wanted for my baby girl.
I didn't find any books that were really helpful. None of the books seem to show hair bow instructions for the new bows that were popular for girls now. I cam across a few YouTube videos with instructions, but didn't learn how to make all of the different style of hair bows that I was hoping to.
That's when I came across this Secrets to Bow Making Success program. I was skeptical at first, but they do offer one free lesson. So, I filled out the form for the free lesson (only requires your name and email because they email you the lesson). My free bow making lesson was emailed to me shortly after completing the form and I was very impressed with it.
You can click the form to the right to get started.
How to Make a Hair Bow from Ribbon Scraps -
Learn how to make a hair bow out of your ribbon scraps.